A/HRC/43/38 have been developed in Arabic, English, French and Spanish to facilitate the dissemination of advocacy messages. Advocacy 62. As part of her advocacy efforts, the Special Representative issued at least 50 public statements in 2019, including a joint statement on human rights and humanitarian concerns relating to conflict-affected women and children in Iraq and in the Syrian Arab Republic, together with the Special Rapporteur on the protection and promotion of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict and the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Violence against Children. 63. The Special Representative also published two joint press releases with the Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide and the Special Adviser on the Responsibility to Protect, including on the sentencing of Bosco Ntaganda by the International Criminal Court. Further, joint press releases were issued on the International Day against the Use of Child Soldiers with the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President of the European Commission, and on the Day of the African Child with the Peace and Security Department of the African Union. C. Collecting best practices and lessons learned 64. As encouraged by the Security Council in a statement by its President (S/PRST/2017/21), the Office of the Special Representative, together with relevant child protection actors, continued to carry out lessons learned initiatives in order to compile comprehensive best practices on the children and armed conflict mandate, including practical guidance on the integration of child protection issues in peace processes. 65. In July 2018, a consultative process with child protection and mediation actors was launched to develop practical guidance on the integration of child protection issues into peace processes, in collaboration with the Department of Peace Operations, the Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs and UNICEF. The documentation and analysis of experiences in integrating child protection issues into peace processes garnered by the Office of the Special Representative and other child protection and mediation actors over the course of the past years was an important starting point for the development of such guidance. Within this framework, the Special Representative convened in Geneva in November 2018 a meeting of protection and mediation actors, and co-organized in Brussels in October 2019 with the Government of Belgium and the European Institute of Peace a high-level consultation. The latter event brought together senior diplomats, experienced mediators and child protection actors to discuss challenges faced on the ground, highlight lessons learned and share recommendations on the integration of child protection issues into peace processes. The guidance will be launched in February 2020. 66. During a side event entitled “Children and armed conflict: protecting children during and after war” organized by Argentina, Belgium, Norway, Spain and Uruguay, in cooperation with UNICEF, Plan International, Save the Children International and World Vision International, as part of the humanitarian affairs segment of the Economic and Social Council, held in Geneva in June 2019, the Office of the Special Representative presented the process for elaborating the guidance. 67. As mentioned in her previous report to the Human Rights Council (A/HRC/40/49), the Special Representative, in cooperation with UNICEF, launched in 2018 a series of regional workshops bringing together members of United Nations country task forces on monitoring and reporting. A second workshop was held in Nairobi in January 2019, bringing together the co-chairs of the country task forces from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Somalia, South Sudan and the Sudan, as well as the regional directors of United Nations agencies, funds and programmes. A third consultation was held in Bangkok in August 2019. A fourth consultation will be held in Dakar in January 2020. 12